Little federal money was available then for what is now known as biomedical research.
"His vision of biomedical research is exactly what American science needs."
And that is never a simple process when it comes to biomedical research.
It is the nation's leading private source of money for biomedical research.
The institute said it spent about $200 million each year for biomedical research.
It is also a $225 million biomedical research and educational organization.
His gifts to biomedical research, he often said, were an effort to return something to the well.
It is open to all those who have a professional or educational interest in biomedical research & technology.
U937 cells are a model cell line used in biomedical research.
It would also chase biomedical research out of the country.